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Is Washington trusted by the people?

Monday, April 19th, 2010 at 10:28 am  
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Almost 80% of US citizens claim that they do not trust as well as have a minute amount of faith on the ability of the immense federal bureaucracy to work out the nation’s problems. This is based on a survey done by the Pew Research Center that finds out that the public`s reliance in the federal government is at the lowest levels in 50 years or so.

The survey results made public on Sunday shows the gloomy challenges awaiting President Obama along with the Democratic Party to face as they are trying to keep up with their easy going congressional majorities during this fall’s elections. Midterm prospects are generally challenging for the which ever party in control. Include a lethal environment like this, then many in office Democrats may very well be laid off.

The polls showed that only 22% claim that they can rely on Washington nearly or most of the time up to 19% state that they’re on the whole contented with it. Almost half claim that the government badly impacts their day to day lives, a feeling that has developed over the past several years. This opposing feeling against the government has made the tea party movement to do demonstrations this past week.

Cindy Wanto a democrat from Nemacolin, Pa., has made claims that the government is lying to its citizens and the politicians make empty promises just to get elected. She united with many people for a rally in Washington during the tax filing deadline which as on 15 April. Majority claimed that the government is sticking its nose too much into the people`s business and President Obama is not doing anything fix it.

Alot of participants for the survey label Washington as too big as well as powerful, furthermore state that it is meddling excessively in state as well as local issues. The public is divided on if the government ought to be responsible for doing something about critical issues or moderate its power, most probably siding towards personal responsibility.

Nearly half suggested they would rather have a smaller government that compromises of lesser services as opposed with approximately 40% who demand a larger government offering more. The people were already taking sides evenly on those queries way before Barack obama was elected. Nevertheless, most of them backed the Obama administration employed better control of the economy throughout the recession.

Reliance in government hardly ever goes this low. Some the anti-goverment feelings due Obama’s policies that were to a degree, being responsible for a increase in disbelieving, anti-government ideas. During his 1st year in office, he issued a government takeover of Detroit automakers and made a $787 billion stimulus package as well as pressed on for a change in healthcare.

However the survey also discovered a mixture of elements that gave rise to the electorate’s hostility. The recession that President obama got from ex-president Bush; a disheartened citizens as well as frustration towards Congress along with politicians. David willms if Saraosta Fla ask for an sincere government as the claims the current government and the one before has not been honest, including the parties and congress.

The survey was established on 4 surveys carried out from March 11 onwards to April 11 on home lines as well as cell phones. The biggest survey consists of 2,500 adults, which carries a margin of sampling error of 2.5 percentage points. The rest were consisted about 1,000 participants each and had a margin of sampling error of 4 percentage points. During this short term, the increasing disbelief is politically upsetting for Obama along with the Democrats. Analysts claim that Republicans who are out of power could possibly take advantage of the resentment towards Washington come November, although voters point the finger at them too, for partisan gridlock that hampers progress.

When democracy is developed on the thought that people has the right to be heard as well as a right to exercise it, the longterm effects could possibly prove to become devastating. Doubts may possibly cause voters to say no to cast thier vote or get involved in their own groups. Democrats as well as Republicans should take responsibility and fault for the electorate’s lack of confidence.

Sen. Claire McCaskill said that not trusting the government is an all american thing and there is nothing wrong in doing so. She also said that it is a wake up call as both parties are making empty promises during campaigns and are not doing things to keep up with promises or expectations.

Sen. Scott Brown, Massachusetts, claimed that Washington is broken as there is a great deal of partisan bickering that does not allows the problems people want to be solved. In addition to he added that all this is going to be reflected in the coming elections. Matthew Dowd, a leading strategist on Bush’s re-election campaign claims that the people need a community solution but not necessarily a federal goverment solution. Democrats are stressing on the federal government, at the same time Republicans are claiming it really is regarding the individual; none of the parties are right to satisfy the people.

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Wrong politics on David Patterson

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 7:09 pm  
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I do not like Governor David Patterson one bit. I think he is thoroughly unqualified to run the state. His record for that state is good enough. However, I think that picking on his disability is out right wrong and I am ashamed that this is happening in our America.

He is terrible, Governor Patterson. Say what you like about Governor Elliot Spitzer, he knew how to run a state. The only way Governor Patterson knows how to run a state is to run it to the ground! All the figures back that up. I hope, for New York state’s sake, he gets out as soon as possible!

However, that does not mean that we should be insulting the Governor because he is blind. It is one thing to make fun of the Governor, all comedians do that. We in ST too made fun of the President and the first yesterday in our article, and many have done so on President Bush’s term a year or so ago.

But scorning a blind person because he is blind? Come on! “(Governor Patterson)blind and can’t read Braille and doesn’t really know what’s going on” Rupert Murdoch. “He has people reading newspapers to him. He listens to tapes of staffers briefing him. All that takes an enormous amount of time” Democratic politician Diane Savino .

Basically, in the manner above, we have heard many people criticizing the Governor because he is blind. I think that this is very, very wrong. Would we criticize him for him being Black? No. Because we know that that is wrong. It is called racist. In the same way, we cannot insult him because he is blind. I think that utterly wrong.

Are we going to criticize a cripple because of his or her disability? How are we going to treat special people with Down’s syndrome as second class citizens? Then why are we treating the Governor in the same manner. Haven’t we forgotten that one of our best Presidents died a paralyzed man?

Again, I state that I do not like this guy. I think he is to New York State as what George W Bush was to the whole country : trouble! There is very little that he did right in his term so far. I agree with that.

In fact that made me more sad as I feel that he has enough faults already for the world to criticize. Enough! Why criticize his blindness? Why not criticize the manner he is running the state? Everything is worse since Governor “I like hookers but you can’t have them” Spitzer. Why not criticize his statements where he claimed that President Obama is racist and does not want to see a Black governor? This guy has a treasure trove of attacks.

It is amazing that this is still going on in our America. Is this the liberty for all mentioned in the Pledge of Allegiance that we took every morning in our schools? It really stabs the heart of what America stands for.

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Sarah Palin latest conspiracy

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 6:33 am  
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Former Alaskan Governor, Sarah is back. And her latest controversy, the latest controversy regarding President Obama administration is…. He moved the phrase, “In God we trust” from the front of the one dollar coin to the side of the coin!. Stupid, nonsensical, and not true but a genius that it got people talking about this rather than the talking points of recent Democratic gains.

Seriously, this is exactly the kind of person that I as an Independent want to suppress. In the midst of a war in Afghanistan, economy that is coming up without the jobs, global warming, Islamic terrorism in our own backyards, etc… And she want to talk about what is being written on the $1 coin!

Even if it is all a big deal which is not at all, it is not true. This coin change did not happen under President Obama’s Presidency, it happened in 2005! It happened under President George Bush (43)! Come on! Secondly, lets replace God in that sentence and change the phrase to “In America we trust!” That is more American and more worth fighting for!

This lady is pure venom for our country. She is dividing it with her lies. That is my main problem with her. She has no substance, just hateful rhetoric. She knows nothing about running the state. Alaska has the most resources vs population in that country and even that she screwed it up. Alaska is however, in the red. She just knows hate in her puritan stance. The manner she purged Diedre Scozzafava, she could purge anyone else next!

I knew it the moment she said that then-Senator Obama is palling around with terrorists. Democrats are too weak and dumb, but independents like me would have shot back, “Yes, and you are sleeping with a separatist!” That lady is nothing but poison.

She may not know anything about running a country or about being nice, but she sure does know how to play politics. She paints herself as the victim all the damn time, think David Letterman saga, and then portrays herself as a fighter. She is the darling of far right like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh etc.

She has got the far-right on her finger-tips. She says Dede Scozzafava has to go, and boom she is gone. Governor Charlie Crist of Florida would not be in trouble till she says so, so what do you think he is going to do?

So how does she get to become the truly powerful force of the far right, with moves like this. She makes up a controversy that is not there and pits herself in the righteous horse. The far right are already considering this coin fiasco another act of heroism for their movement.

That is where she is smarter than the Democrats. They can control the white house and the congress and have the majority of the gubernatorial seats, but they are still wimps. They are still in nursery when it comes to playing politics bar a few, while people like Governor Palin have already graduated.

That is what makes her so bloody dangerous. She has everything for her, her looks, weak opponents, etc. And she can single-handedly bring America in the wrong direction…. at best.

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Republican plan to cover just 3 million

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 5:55 pm  
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The Republican have long criticized and hit away the Democratic plans on many issues. Health care though, have been especially forceful. So, when they when they give out the bill, guess what, they forgot the most essential part of it : Health insurance coverage.

My goodness! I really could not believe it! There are 47 million people not insured in the United States of America. Take away the illegal immigrants and you get 38 million people uninsured. Of this, there are 17 million middle class Americans who are denied insurance or cannot afford it.

At it barest minimum, steps should be taken to ensure that these 17 million people get ensured. But guess how many people the Republican plans cover. In their own words, 750 000 households. In terms of population 3 million people. Yes 3 million people.

Is that what we really call reform? Is this what America has come down to? Where an ideology drives something so much that we are only bothered to cover 3 million people when we need to be covering 17-47 million? Come on!What in the world are they doing?

I have yet to receive the scoring of both plans by the CBO officially, so this is my first impression of the outline that I see. The Democrats claim that their $1 trillion is going to decrease the debt just like the Republicans. From what I scheme through, there are going to be lots of taxes for the top 1% and surtaxes here and there. Their plan includes the public option. It also cuts Medicare by half a trillion over 10 years.

Here are the things I would be looking out for in the Democrat bills. Firstly, what taxes are they going to raise? Are they going to raise corporate taxes which I vehemently oppose, or personal taxes of the top 1%, which I think would be okay? Furthermore, is this just a stop gap measure or are going to control cost over the long term? Can we bring the increases of health insurance cost to down to the rate of inflation? In Medicare, are we cutting it sufficiently; we waste $500billion to $800billion a year on health care; how much of that is Medicare and how much of that is being taken out?

In the Republican bills, there are notably no tax increases. So that should set the record straight for some people. But what stuns me is that it does not include the ceasing of preexisting conditions. How can people be covered if insurance companies still can say that they do not want to cover you? Also, the coverage of 3 million million people is just atrocious! It is short of 18% of the bare minimum and not slightly over 6% of the maximum.

Other than that, the questions that I would be asking is how do they intend to pay for it if they are not cutting cost or raising taxes? What are they missing in their 200 page bill? Bills are usually in the 1000 page region. What are they going to do about the 10 million people (part of the 47 million uninsured) that have the ability to buy insurance but refuse to do so? Let them be and still let the remaining taxpayer payers for their bills?

I would put up my analysis of the bills soon. From what I get, my report on both bills is not a good one., particularly for the Republicans.

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Democrats’ plan to help uninsurables questioned

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 9:34 am  
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You’re afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down. Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would immediately start serving patients with pre-existing medical problems. Wait a second. Advocates for people with serious health problems, as well as some insurance experts, are raising questions about one of the most important upfront benefits in the Democratic health care legislation: a high-risk pool for the medically uninsurable.

Obama proposed the pool in his September health care speech to Congress. Now, concerns are being raised about the design of the high-risk pools. The money would be used to help people in poor health pay premiums.

Obama credits his Republican presidential rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, for the risk-pools idea. The six-month wait is in the health care bill the Senate Finance Committee approved last month. “If you are somebody with cancer or a heart condition who needs immediate coverage and immediate treatment, that’s not very helpful,” said Karen Pollitz, a Georgetown University health policy professor.

Both the House and the Senate Finance bills set aside $5 billion for the pools.

If the Democrats’ risk pool starts running out of money, the government may have to start a waiting list, raise premiums or take other unpopular measures.

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